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'''Jaiswal Jains''' are one of the [[Jainism|Jain]] [[Jain community|communities]] of northern [[India]]. They are mainly located in the [[Gwalior]]/[[Agra]] region.<ref>Digambar Jain Directory, Thakurds Bhagavandas Javeri, 1914</ref> The term Jaiswal indicated residents of a place named Jayas or Jais.<br />
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Some authors have identified Jais with [[Jais]] in [[Raebareli district]]. A legend identifies it as [[Jaisalmer]].<ref>V.A. Sangave, Jaina Community A social survey, 1980, p. 108</ref><ref>Vachankosha, Kavivar Bulakhichand, Kasturchand Kasliwal, 1983, p. 108-114</ref>However there are documented mentions of Jaiswal Jains prior to the settlement of Jaisalmer. The famous Dubkund Jain inscription of 1088 AD is the earliest mention of the Jayas town.<ref>The Candellas of Jejākabhukti By R. K. Dikshit, Published 1977, Abhinav Publication </ref> The [[Apabhraṃśa]] Jain poet Lakshmana composed the [[Jinadatta Charitra]] in [[Samvat|sam.]] 1275 and Anuvaya Rayana Payiiva in sam. 1313,<br />
<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Comprehensive_History_of_India/UEwwAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Anuvaya+Rayana&dq=Anuvaya+Rayana&printsec=frontcover A Comprehensive History of India Volume 4, Issue 2, 1957, p. 486]</ref> <ref>Tirthankar Mahavir Aur Unki Acharya Parampara, V.4, Nemichandra Shastri, 1974, p. 171</ref>both at Tihuangiri near [[Bayana]].<ref>Jaiswal Jain Itihas, Ranjit Jain, Pub. Jaiswal Jain Samaj Gwalior, 1988</ref> Thus the place Jayas must have been in the vicinity of Gwalior region. Several of the cave temples on the sides of the Gwalior Fort hill have inscriptions mentioning that they were constructed by Jaiswals.<ref>Arvind K. Singh and Navneek K. Jain, Inscriptions of Gwalior, Vol1, p. 193</ref> Some of the patrons of poet [[Raidhu]] in Gwalior were Jaiswal.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933581 BHAṬṬĀRAKAS AND DIGAMBARA MONASTIC LINEAGES OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY GWALIOR: GLIMPSES FROM RAÏDHŪ'S WRITINGS, EVA DE CLERCQ, , Journal of Asian History, Vol. 45, No. 1/2 (2011), pp. 63-83]</ref><br />
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==Prominent Jaiswal Jains==<br />
* Poet Bulakhichand, author of Vachankosha in sam. 1707<ref>Kavivar Bulakhichand, Kasturchand Kasliwal, 1983, p. 3-115</ref><br />
* Dr. Nemichandra Shastri Jyotishacharya 1922-1974<br />
* [[Ravindra Jain]], poet and music director<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Reports By India Archaeological Survey, Archaeological Survey of India, v.20 1882-1883 [http://books.google.com/books?id=BwV7pWKvgcUC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=dubkund&source=web&ots=kYMhcqecXr&sig=OxjDJI1214tgi-gbiiy2I4X0ZcI#PPA99,M1] page 99<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Jain community]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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